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尼克尔斯 tells the story of Garrett County via maps
Interesting cartographic facts and history shared in JCLS presentation
摄影:John Rudd
Chris 尼克尔斯 used maps to explore Garrett County's history last Wednesday night during his Joan 克劳福德 Lecture Series presentation at Garett College.
Terra阿尔塔 . . . 马里兰? That might just be true had it not been for a mapping decision, according to Chris 尼克尔斯.
尼克尔斯, lecturing last Wednesday night in the Performing Arts Center at 澳门足球博彩官方网址, said surveyors were brought in to settle an 18th-century dispute over the 马里兰-Virginia border.
"The surveyors picked the North Branch of the Potomac [River] as the border rather than the south branch,尼科尔斯解释道。. "Otherwise, territory between those branches . . . 可能会成为加勒特县的一部分."
That was one of many interesting cartographic tidbits 尼克尔斯 included in his Joan 克劳福德 Lecture Series (JCLS) presentation, entitled History of 澳门足球博彩官方网址 in Maps. 尼克尔斯 included information on creation of the C & O运河, Meshach Browning's (somewhat embellished) hunting exploits, 加勒特县工业的演变, and the gradual growth around Deep Creek Lake as it became more easily accessible – all supported by various types of maps.
尼克尔斯, an energy markets analyst with the National Energy Technology Laboratory in Morgantown, started in the beginning – about 300 million years ago during the Carboniferous Period. He quickly moved a lot closer to present times, with information about the early inhabitants of what became Garrett County.
"This land was originally settled and used by Indigenous People before they were pushed out by a relentless expansion to the west,尼科尔斯说。. "Their settlements weren't long-range or permanent, but they built hunting camps that were seasonal and permitted them to raise certain crops."
The 18th- and 19th-century westward movements didn't result in large settlements in present-day Garrett County due to conditions illustrated by several 尼克尔斯 maps.
“使用县里的地形图, you can see we're on a mountaintop plateau running northeast to southwest,尼科尔斯说。. "That created some interesting things as far as our weather goes – a lot of precipitation, and relatively cooler temperatures than surrounding areas.
"The ruggedness of the area created an isolated environment,尼科尔斯补充道。.
It was through no lack of effort that present-day Garrett County remained isolated well into the 19th century.
“给他们的革命士兵发工资, the 马里兰 General Assembly passed an act in 1777 to compensate soldiers with 40 dollars, 一双鞋, 一双长袜, 还有50英亩的土地," 尼克尔斯 told the standing-room-only audience. "The State sent a surveyor to chop up the western area of the state into those 50-acre lots.
"The land grants to revolutionary war veterans didn't grow western 马里兰's population,尼科尔斯补充道。. "Most of them sold off the lands to prospectors."
尼克尔斯 said Garrett County began to grow dramatically after the B & O Railroad came through the county in the 1870s.
"Railroads created accessibility to the county,尼科尔斯说。. "The railroad led to the development of Oakland, 山湖公园, 鹿公园, 以及沿途的其他城镇.
"Every town developed their own personality," continued 尼克尔斯. "Many built hotels along the railroad – these hotels were really grand structures."
尼克尔斯 also shared maps from the 1880s through the early 1900s showing the industries of that time period.
"Industry was limited mainly to things that you could grow and things that you could dig,尼科尔斯说。, 包括枫糖, 荞麦, 爱尔兰的土豆, 制酪业, 奶牛就, 煤炭, 和酸橙.
尼克尔斯 using a series of maps focused on Deep Creek Lake and its surroundings – from the 1940s, '70s, '80s, and 2010s – to show how and where population growth took place.
"These maps show the population growth in areas around the lake,尼科尔斯说。. "Those spots really started filling in after the opening of I-68 in the 1990s.
Energy maps showed the transition from 煤炭 and natural gas to hydro, solar, and wind plants.
"The ridge lines create good resources for wind," observed 尼克尔斯.
Notes: 尼克尔斯' presentation is available at www.dimesy.com.
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